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• Aart Mastenbroek, Barneveld († 1945)
• Adriana van den IJssel, Montfoort Utrecht Nederland († 1919)
• Adrianus Cornelis Kriellaars, Alphen en Riel († 1924)
• Abraham van den BOLSEM (BOON) Lzn, Ooltgensplaat, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• "Adelin" Marie Joseph van de Werve de Schilde, Anvers, Belgique († 1939)
• Adrianus Vrolijks, Rhoon († 1955)
• Adolphe, Ferdinand "Félicien" DUPONT, Ghlin, Hainaut, Belgique
• Adriana van Hoek, Schiedam (Z.-H.), Neth († 1936)
• Adriana van der Burgh, Delft († 1869)
• Adrianus Gerardus Dijks, 's Hertogenbosch († 1920)

• Adriana Hove, van den (85), Helvoirt, Nederland
• Adriana van den Horst (55), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cecilia Maria Nelis (14), Schoten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta van den Heuvel (0), Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andreas Anthonius van Michel (30), in de Hudsonbaai Victoria,ter Rede van Melbourne
• Arie van der Linden (0), Spijkenisse
• Adrianus Couwenbergh (79), Tilburg
• Batje van der Sar (0), 's-Gravenzande, Nederland
• Catharina Helena Knaap (32), leiden
• Adriana Hoven van den (85), Helvoirt

• 1857 » Michał Drzymała, Polish rebel and activist († 1937)
• 1860 » John J. Pershing, American general and lawyer († 1948)
• 1865 » William Birdwood, Indian-English field marshal († 1951)
• 1872 » Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese politician and diplomat, 44th Prime Minister of Japan († 1951)
• 1873 » Constantin Carathéodory, German mathematician and author († 1950)
• 1874 » Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer and painter († 1951)
• 1874 » Henry F. Ashurst, American lawyer and politician († 1962)
• 1876 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer († 1941)
• 1877 » Stanley Lord, English captain († 1962)
• 1877 » Wilhelm Filchner, German-Swiss explorer († 1957)

• 1847 » Nicolas Oudinot, French general (b. 1767)
• 1871 » İbrahim Şinasi, Turkish journalist, author, and translator (b. 1826)
• 1872 » Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (b. 1804)
• 1881 » Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1824)
• 1885 » Friedrich Kiel, German composer and educator (b. 1821)
• 1894 » Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (b. 1841)
• 1905 » René Goblet, French lawyer and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1910 » Rajanikanta Sen, Bangladeshi poet and composer (b. 1865)
• 1912 » Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (b. 1843)
• 1912 » Nogi Maresuke, Japanese general (b. 1849)

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
• September 19 » La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
• October 7 » Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
• October 10 » The Ten Years' War begins against Spanish rule in Cuba.
• November 3 » John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
• November 27 » American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
• December 9 » The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.

The temperature on September 13, 1868 was about 15.6 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%.